Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَثُرَ النَّاسُ وَلَوْ كَانَ لِي شَيْءٌ يَعْنِي أَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ عَبَّاسٌ فَذَهَبَ أَبِي فَقَطَعَ عِيدَانَ الْمِنْبَرِ مِنْ الْغَابَةِ قَالَ فَمَا أَدْرِي عَمِلَهَا أَبِي أَوْ اسْتَعْمَلَهَا.
English Translation
Hammad ibn Khalid narrated to us: Abdullah — that is, Ibn Umar — narrated to us, from al-Abbas ibn Sahl al-Sa'idi, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to lean against a palm trunk, and he said: "The people have become numerous; if only I had something" — meaning, something to sit on. Abbas said: So my father went and cut the wood for the pulpit from the forest. He said: I do not know whether my father made it himself or had it made for him.